Initiatives so far:
* Timerus -- 22
* Takeda -- 20
* Hanuhpah -- 16
* Tasloi -- 16
* Yuan-ti -- 15
* Chui Aolu -- 12
* Tyug'u -- 7
Jaidu watches the commotion being caused by the Yuan-ti and Tasloi. The Gunslinger quickly draws , as screams and shouts abound, raises his pistol at the Yuan-ti, , walks calmly up to him, and pulls the trigger!
Wrong choice, Lips!
The yuan-ti bleeds! "You sssshot me," it hisses.
ah damn it we could have maybe learned something from this thing
Jaidu grins at the bloody faced Yuan-ti.
So, me mates were asking you some questions.
"What questions?" the yaun-ti hissed.
Jaidu sighs. He shoots him in the face; again!
Their questions; not yours! Maybe that shot rattled your brain enough to recall them.
"My eyes, blood everywhere!" says the Yuan-ti. He happens to be a snake headed man, with scales.
"My dear Jaidu, I was going to stun him for questioning. Your method is so messy."
"And loud. If he dies he is only worth meat and every blast brings more to us."
Jaidu grins at both Hanuhpah and Takeda.
Be my guest; but, the more that come to us the more we can question about the Chief's son's whereabouts. Eventually, one will have the answers we seek.
The Ratfolk winks at the Yuan-ti, before retreating to lean against a wall.
Chui, having re-entered the room in time to hear the latest exchange, holds Windaghi's reins and looks at the scene.
Surely gentle interrogation tactics will work no better on the snake folk than their servants. Let's try it this way.
Holding up a finger for each question to the injured yuan-ti, Where are the prisoners kept? Where is the door from this room into the rest of the city? Aside from those kijinga up there gesturing to the tasloi in the vines, where are the others?
"The prisoners are kept to be sacrificed to Kali-ma, our god snake!" said the Yuan-ti. "You have to go over a gorge before getting into the city! They are held in one of our prisons."
"Which prison? Describe it to us." Nuriyah taps her rapier against her leg, glaring at the yuan-ti.
Timerus just sat crossarmed looking up at the vines. Thinking what a fireball would do to that....
"I don't have to tell you anything," the Yuan-ti hisses.
Chui shrugs. You don't have to live. There's nothing wrong with that decision--we all are food in the end, whatever Kali-ma may have promised you.
He takes the bugbear's map from where he had folded it.
Are you good at drawing?
"No." the Yuan-ti said.
Jaidu rolls his eyes.
listen you idiot, I am trying to be a kinder and gentler assassin under the new God of Death's management but I don't have a problem killing a dumb @ss who can't cooperate and is sacrificing deaths to other lesser gods, ok? So you best be talking before you are done breathing Phoibe says in a huff
"I will not betray my fellows," he proudly hissed. "I don't care what god you worship."
"I will not betray my fellows," he proudly hissed. "I don't care what god you worship."
Hanuhpqh looks around the group. "Anyone worship a god of eternal torment and consigning uncooperative souls to unending pain?"
"No, and I have a question for you. What, if anything, is stopping those Tasloi you locked out of the room, as opposed to in here with us, from climbing off to alert the whole tribe?"
Nuriyah curses in Alzhedo. "Wonderful, just wonderful. Let's finish up here and move on before reinforcements arrive. And no, Hanupah, I do not. I follow Tymora."
"No, Tyr is more about rooting out corruption and destroying it. Long term torment, not so much. To that end, I think we just kill this abomination and move on."
Chui turns to his dinosaur companion. Windaghi, Kula!
The allosaur steps forward and bites, then claws the yuan-ti. However, uncertain at the command to eat in a situation that is not quite combat, or hunting, or dinner, he hesitates and the snake person is able to avoid at least some of his strikes.
Jaidu suppresses the urge to say that he told them so, but, the gunslinger does grin at Chui's dino having a snack.
A stride to get working room for the bardiche and another massive chop is delivered...
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"If we assume the Tasloi are getting others, we need to finish this and move, breaking our trail if we can."
Tyug'u kills the yaun-ti.
Phoibe will say what are we doing with these prisoners? They won't make it past the crocodiles and they can't stay here
Tyug'u has an answer for Phoibe: "Why can't they stay here? They're valuable slaves, so they won't get killed out of hand. They won't have been expected to stop us, not drugged like they are and chained."
He searches the dead snake man,
7 ranks +3 trained +1 wis
and while he does so, reminds Jaidu "Get that chest open, Jaidu. Then we can get out and jam the door behind us.."
Good thought, Chui nods to Tyug'u. Have any of you found where that snake man must have gotten in? Or are we backtracking?
Jaidu nods in affirmation to Tyug'u. The Ratfolk does take out his tools to work on the chest.
I may have gotten distracted.
Tyug'u has an answer for Phoibe: "Why can't they stay here? They're valuable slaves, so they won't get killed out of hand. They won't have been expected to stop us, not drugged like they are and chained."
He searches the dead snake man,
Perception: 1d20 + 7 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 3 + 1 = 25
7 ranks +3 trained +1 wisand while he does so, reminds Jaidu "Get that chest open, Jaidu. Then we can get out and jam the door behind us.."
You find 25 platinum pieces on him.
Jaidu nods in affirmation to Tyug'u. The Ratfolk does take out his tools to work on the chest.
I may have gotten distracted.Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33 +1 Traps
Disable devise: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33
You open the chest, and inside is about 100 gold coins, and 10 jewels worth 25 gold pieces each.
Jaidu collects the loot. The Ratfolk then decides to double check for an alternative exit to their original one.
"Ooh, nice." Nuriyah gives Jaidu a bit of sideeye when he takes the loot, but this isn't the time to stop and divvy it up. They can take care of that later.
Jaidu collects the loot. The Ratfolk then decides to double check for an alternative exit to their original one.
[dice=Perception]1d20+16
The cave mouth requires some lighting for the heroes. Four hundred to four hundred and fifty feet away lies the chasm.
"Same marching order?" Takeda asks and waits for the others to precede him.
At the exit into the corridor, Tyug'u pauses and asks "Did someone check for magic?" He pauses for a second, hoping someone would step forward.
In reply to Takeda, he suggests "Jaidu should be last man out of the forge, then he jams the door behind us..."
A7, you made it to A7, which was the smithy.
"How are we going to get out if the door's jammed? Plus we'll need to come back for the captives here."
Yes, let us leave the doors open behind us. If enemies come to our rear, the door will be the least of our concerns.
Chui mounts Windaghi and is ready to move out toward the rear of the group, letting those without need of light sources take the lead.
Hanuhpah looks up pondering the half orcs question. "What was sropping them from doing it before? Once they figure out thwy can't stab the vines theyll find some axes. Though by the looks of it that may be some time. Ubtao provides many paths that not all are able to see afterall."
just keep moving I think those little bastards up top will see us gone deeper and stay to report to another so we keep movingPhoibe says
Jaidu takes to the vanguard. The Gunslinger keeping a weathered eye out for trouble!
There is no trouble troubling you for at least four hundred feet.
Nuriyah takes her place behind Jaidu and Phoibe, rapier at the ready.
Assuming the bridge is as depicted, are there any guards? Is it really 10’ wide or thinner? Does it appear solid or poorly kept? Can we see the far side? If so, back to the first question, are there any guards?
At this point a large chasm intersects the tunnel. Neither opening has a ledge large enough to stand upon, but both openings are connected by a swinging bridge. This is fastened at both ends by large stone rings set in the cliff face. The north side, first approached by characters entering from the outside, has no other features. However, the south end is well guarded. In the entrance are two subterranean lizards chained to the wall. Beside them is a small opening leading to stairs going up. This passage leads to an opening 40 feet above the bridge. Watching in this opening are 6 tasloi who have collected a large number of boulders.
The bridge is sturdy and safe although it will sway dangerously when characters walk across it.